paulo da costa

bilingual author

  • Books
    • Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey
    • The Cartography of Being
    • The Green and Purple Skin of the World
    • The Scent of a Lie
    • The Midwife of Torment
  • Audio Books
    • The Scent of a Lie – audio
    • The Book of Catalogues
    • The Midwife of Torment – audio
    • Twenty Poems
    • notas de rodapé – audio
    • xx poemas
  • Livros
    • O Perfume da Mentira
    • notas de rodapé
  • Multimedia
    • Podcasts
      • Book Excerpts
      • Interviews
      • Lectures
      • Readings
    • Videos
  • Biography
    • Bibliography
  • Blog
    • Links
  • Events
  • Translation & Editing Services
  • Links
  • Contact
  • Store
    • Purchase
    • Checkout
  • TEACHING
  • 0 items
  • Books
    • Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey
    • The Cartography of Being
    • The Green and Purple Skin of the World
    • The Scent of a Lie
    • The Midwife of Torment
  • Audio Books
    • The Scent of a Lie – audio
    • The Book of Catalogues
    • The Midwife of Torment – audio
    • Twenty Poems
    • notas de rodapé – audio
    • xx poemas
  • Livros
    • O Perfume da Mentira
    • notas de rodapé
  • Multimedia
    • Podcasts
      • Book Excerpts
      • Interviews
      • Lectures
      • Readings
    • Videos
  • Biography
    • Bibliography
  • Blog
    • Links
  • Events
  • Translation & Editing Services
  • Links
  • Contact
  • Store
    • Purchase
    • Checkout
  • TEACHING
  • 0 items

No Widgets found in the Sidebar Alt!

News

O Perfume da Mentira em destaque nos Olhos nos Livros Blog

Eis que depois de uma pausa de dois meses para que pudessem ler os livros recomendados, aqui estamos com a edição do outono de 2022, que terá um livro por…

read more
September 11, 2022
Beyond Bullfights & Ice Hockey, News, Reviews - B&I

The Guest who refuses to be polite – impressions by Emanuel Melo

I’m hanging out with paulo da costa these days. On the crowded subway ride to work in the morning and again in the evening on the way home I listen…

read more
December 20, 2015
Contos

O Perfume da Mentira

Nunca tivemos má fé contra a Camila Penca. Simplesmente rezámos pelo regresso do sossego e da harmonia à aldeia e, graças a Deus, as nossas preces foram ouvidas. Camila nasceu…

read more
November 24, 2012
  • Blog,  News

    New essay in Reckoning 6

    January 22, 2022 /

    Check out my new essay in this amazing USA based publication focusing on themes of environmental justice. Reckoning 6 Reckoning 6 – Print Edition Preorder $20.00 Add to cart Reckoning 6, edited by Aïcha Martine Thiam and Gabriela Santiago, addresses the intersection between social upheaval and environmental change. “[I]t’s like a brief closing of the hand around something small and floating, framing it just long enough that we are able to look, really look at it. And then, if we can, we let it go.”—Aïcha Martine Thiam “It is not utopia. But it is what we can have, these careful negotiations, communications, challenges, and sharing. We have relationships. New, complicated,…

    read more
    paulodacosta 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    New essay in Queen’s Quarterly

    September 16, 2016

    Sharp and True – a book review by the Coastal Spectator

    May 23, 2013

    Enclosures

    June 11, 2022
  • Blog,  News,  Teaching

    Keynote Address & Teaching the Short Story State of Mind at AWC

    May 19, 2023 /

    Get Lit Writer Series – Alexandra Writers Centre With award-winning authors like Alice Munro, Haruki Murakami, George Saunders, Kurt Vonnegut, there is so much to love and learn. Spend a day Getting Lit on short stories. Learn craft, process, publishing and so much more. Guaranteed to put you in that Short Story State of Mind. May 27, 20239-5pmAWCS Members: $150 | Non-Members: $200 Keynote & Presenterspaulo da costa | Lee Kvern | Leslie Greentree |Sarah L. Pratt | Robert Bose Note: Participation in Get Lit is entirely IN PERSON.Full schedule with times will be available to participants. Blue Pencil Sessions with Your Favourite PresenterSubmit up to 1500 words of a…

    read more
    paulodacosta 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    Poetic & Lyrical – impressions by Irene Marques

    January 12, 2016

    Interview in Portuguese-American Review

    December 21, 2015

    Obligatory reading for the North American Luso Diaspora – impressions by Diniz Borges

    December 8, 2015
  • Blog,  Essays,  News,  Readings

    WGA 2023 Literary Award Readings

    April 19, 2023 /

    Please join the Writers’ Guild of Alberta for readings from twelve finalists of the various 2023 Alberta Literary Awards.  Featuring short readings from Lareina Abbott, Paulo Da Costa, Marcello Di Cintio, Patti Edgar, Tasnuva Hayden, Kyra Koustrup, Kimberley McCullough, Seth Rasporich, Trevor Schmidt, Vivek Shraya (virtual), and Chris Turner.  April 25 7:00pm – 9:00pm (MDT) Shelf Life Books 1302 4 St SW 100 Calgary, AB Canada get directions Calgary – Reading with the FinalistsTuesday, April 25, 7:00 pmShelf Life Books, 1302 4 St SW #395 Tuesday, April 25th at 7pm, please join the Writers’ Guild of Alberta for readings from 12 finalists of the various 2023 Alberta Literary Awards. Featuring…

    read more
    paulodacosta 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    Obligatory reading for the North American Luso Diaspora – impressions by Diniz Borges

    December 8, 2015

    Malahat Review – Seamless Stories Haunt

    December 12, 2013

    Poetic & Lyrical – impressions by Irene Marques

    January 12, 2016
  • Blog,  News,  Poetry

    The Edge of Winter Exhibition – Art Walk

    April 13, 2023 /

    This Saturday, if you happen to be in the vicinity of the Crescent Heights area, and wish to enjoy a stroll in the Rotary Park, please join us on an art walk. We will be viewing and performing the work of Calgary writers and artists on display. On of my poems is featured, as well as the written words and art work of five other Calgarians listed below. The Edge of Winter Exhibition – Art WalkApril 15, 2023Saturday, 1:00pm-230pm MTRotary Park, 617 1St NE, Calgary, AB(This link shows the parking lot at the venue: https://goo.gl/maps/vRgEtetajXBUBUi16) A walk along the gallery route, stopping at each of the six gallery displays. The…

    read more
    paulodacosta 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    Impressive Stories – Edmonton Journal

    November 23, 2012

    Atlantis – sang by Nancy Dutra

    August 7, 2013

    Pleasant Troubles

    September 7, 2013
  • Blog,  Essays,  News

    Enclosures, Short-Listed for the 2023 Alberta Literary Awards

    April 6, 2023 /

    My creative non-fiction essay, Enclosures, published by Reckoning, has been short-listed for the James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction. Congratulations to the other two finalists as well. Marcello Di Cintio with “The Cowboy Exclaims” (Canadian Geographic) and Kyra Lark Koustrup with — “You and the Grass” (Freefall). If you are in Calgary please come and celebrate with us literary excellence and the Alberta’s writing community. Awards will be presented in nine categories that include fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry, memoir, and children’s literature. Alberta Literary Awards Gala 2023 (in-person, Calgary): Saturday, June 3, 6:00 PM to 10:00PM. Location: Fort Calgary (750 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB). Tickets for the gala are $50…

    read more
    paulodacosta 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    Focus On Victoria – Magazine – w/ author paulo da costa

    July 8, 2017

    Interview in Portuguese-American Review

    December 21, 2015

    Pleasant Troubles

    September 7, 2013
  • News

    O Perfume da Mentira em destaque nos Olhos nos Livros Blog

    September 11, 2022 /

    Eis que depois de uma pausa de dois meses para que pudessem ler os livros recomendados, aqui estamos com a edição do outono de 2022, que terá um livro por semana até meados de dezembro. Esta a recomendação de Manuela Marujo. Cada semana teremos uma diferente, com José Luís da Silva, João Martins, Manuela Marujo e Diniz Borges. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3Dpfbid0Gw9ZbWrMYKP4BntaZ2R364Z6JjMDTKHZjvEPLiLdaoJjA7oaobeeQ9U9mdMpCmeml%26id%3D100075535222612&show_text=true&width=500

    read more
    paulodacosta 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    Enclosures

    June 11, 2022

    The Guest who refuses to be polite – impressions by Emanuel Melo

    December 20, 2015

    Malahat Review – Seamless Stories Haunt

    December 12, 2013
  • Blog,  Fiction,  News,  Short Stories,  Stories

    New Sci-Fi Story in Mithila Review

    August 14, 2022 /

    Check out my new story in Mithila Review’s special global Hopepunk issue of science fiction (and fantasy) devoted to positive and powerful character-driven stories that imagine an open and inclusive tech-empowered democratic future for all people, species and countries on Earth. Harefoot Express – Think Globally, Travel Locally. A story that takes place in Mohkínstsis, (present day Calgary), and sometime in the late 21st Century. This tale transports us to a future that still holds hope for human existence, including more inclusive and democratic forms of governing, as well as new strategies for the long process of restoring the earth’s natural ecosystems and diminishing the human footprint. What will tourism…

    read more
    paulodacosta 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    Obligatory reading for the North American Luso Diaspora – impressions by Diniz Borges

    December 8, 2015

    Beneath Thin Skin – BC Bookworld feature

    June 6, 2013

    Impressive Stories – Edmonton Journal

    November 23, 2012
  • Blog,  Essays,  Essays,  News,  Reviews,  Uncategorized

    Enclosures

    June 11, 2022 /

    Check out this podcast from Reckoning Magazine where the editor Michael DeLuca talks about my essay Enclosures. You can read the complete text too or download the podcast to listen at your leisure … whenever and wherever . Enjoy! Podcast Episode 18: Enclosures https://reckoning.press/?powerpress_embed=3058-podcast&powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio Today I’m going to read you an essay by paulo da costa, “Enclosures”, from Reckoning 6. I think of this piece as a new perspective in an ongoing conversation that started, for me, with Kate Schapira’s essay “On Political Change, Climate Change, and the Choice to Not Have Children” that appeared in Catapult in 2017, and my editorial piece in Reckoning 2, “On Having a Kid…

    read more
    paulodacosta 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    Viva Da Costa

    November 22, 2012

    Tricked by the dusk – Toronto Star

    November 16, 2012

    Interview in Portuguese-American Review

    December 21, 2015
  • News,  Stories,  Sudden Fiction,  Teaching

    The Art of Micro-Fiction

    January 13, 2022 /

    Tuesday March 21 2023 7-9 pm MT Sign Up Instructor: paulo da costa From one sentence-long to 1000 words stories, join paulo in learning the necessary skills to hone your writing craft in order to deliver a compact and compelling narrative. Learn to effectively distill a story down to its most impacting emotional moment. Successful micro-fictions leave a lasting impression on a reader’s mind. paulo has been writing sudden fiction since the 90’s and has published over 100 sudden fictions in his writing career. His micro fictions have won competitions, have been anthologized internationally, translated to other languages and recorded in audiobooks. His latest work, The Midwife of Torment and…

    read more
    paulodacosta 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    The Guest who refuses to be polite – impressions by Emanuel Melo

    December 20, 2015

    Malahat Review – Seamless Stories Haunt

    December 12, 2013

    Enclosures

    June 11, 2022
  • Blog,  Ensaio,  Essays,  News

    New creative essay in Queen’s Quarterly

    December 18, 2021 /

    The Colours of Happiness, a new creative essay, published in the Winter issue of Queen’s Quarterly Review (Queen’s University in Ontario). Check it out. Winter 2021 Vol. 128 No. 4 From the Editor – Winter 2021 ~ James Carson Going for Ice at the Motel on Ocean Boulevard ~  Marc Plourde Lilac Clouds and Wind Chimes  ~ Deidre Dwyer Crown of Vespers (poem) ~ Mazzy Sleep In the Neighborhood of Sickness and Love ~ Alexis David Reasons Not to Be Human #1, 46: Airbnb ~ Sara Salih Old Blue Jeans (poem) ~ Sarain Frank Soonias Soldier’s Heart ~ Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt Healing Power, Present Wisdom (poem) ~ Meg Freer A Condensed History of Window Gazing ~ Christopher Cherney The Wash (poem) ~ Nicholas Bradley Playing…

    read more
    paulodacosta 1 Comment

    You May Also Like

    Obligatory reading for the North American Luso Diaspora – impressions by Diniz Borges

    December 8, 2015

    The Midwife of Torment

    September 22, 2013

    Unhurried & Meditative – A National Post review

    May 10, 2013
 Older Posts

New Book

The Midwife of Torment & Other Stories

Recent Posts

  • Keynote Address & Teaching the Short Story State of Mind at AWC
  • WGA 2023 Literary Award Readings
  • The Edge of Winter Exhibition – Art Walk
  • Enclosures, Short-Listed for the 2023 Alberta Literary Awards
  • O Perfume da Mentira em destaque nos Olhos nos Livros Blog

More Reading

  • News
  • Fiction
    • Sudden Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Essays
  • Interviewed
    • Interviewing
  • Reviews
  • Translations
    • Translating
    • In Translation

Português

  • Contos
  • Poesia
  • Ensaio
  • Traduções
  • Crónicas
  • Entrevistas
  • Recensões

Comments

  • Emanuel Melo on New creative essay in Queen’s Quarterly
  • Shawn McGuire on James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction
  • Emanuel Melo on New creative essay in Gavea-Brown
  • Emanuel Melo on New Creative Essay in Prairie Fire
  • Anna on The Scent of a Lie

Beyond Bullfights & Ice Hockey

  • Essays
  • Interviews – B&I
  • Reviews – B&I

The Midwife of Torment

  • Sudden Fictions – M&T
  • Interviews – M&T
  • Reviews – M&T
$1998-2022 ©
Ashe Theme by WP Royal.